Tristram's warbler (Curruca deserticola) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry shrubland.
Tristram's warbler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sylviidae |
Genus: | Curruca |
Species: | C. deserticola
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Binomial name | |
Curruca deserticola (Tristram, 1859)
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Synonyms | |
Sylvia deserticola |
The species is named after Reverend Henry Baker Tristram, who also collected natural history specimens.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Curruca deserticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 342–343.